A resolution appropriating
two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) from the reserve for council community
police program account of the General Services District to the Metropolitan
Nashville Police Department to fund the "Metropolitan Police Community
Response Teams" to increase community policing.

WHEREAS, Substitute Ordinance
No. BL2001-707, the 2001-2002 budget ordinance adopted by the Metropolitan Council,
appropriated two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) for the reserve for
council community police program; and
WHEREAS, the council now desires to fund the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department's
community policing program as set out herein.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED
BY THE COUNCIL OF THE METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF NASHVILLE AND DAVIDSON COUNTY:

SECTION 1. That the sum
of two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) is hereby appropriated from
the reserve for council community police program account of the General Services
District to a special account created by the director of finance to be used
by the Metropolitan Nashville police department to fund the "Metropolitan
Police Community Response Teams" to increase community policing. The Community
Response Teams shall consist of at least one (1) Sergeant and five (5) Officers
who shall be deployed after meeting with members of council and community leaders
to address specific community crime related and quality of life problems. The
police department will be held accountable by documenting and reporting to the
Council on a monthly basis the man-hours used, resources and funds used, activities
generated including number of arrests made and citations issued, changes that
have resulted, and responses from the community. The two hundred fifty thousand
dollars ($250,000) appropriated herein shall be expended in its entirety for
this program by June 30, 2002.

SECTION 2. All resolutions,
or parts thereof, in conflict with the provisions of the Resolution are, to
the extent of such conflict, hereby repealed.

SECTION 3. This Resolution
shall take effect from and after its adoption, the welfare of The Metropolitan
Government of Nashville and Davidson County requiring it.

I move to amend Resolution
No. RS2002-994 by amending Section 1 by deleting the following sentence:

"The Community Response
Teams shall consist of at least one (1) Sergeant and five (5) Officers who shall
be deployed after meeting with members of council and community leaders to address
specific community crime related and quality of life problems."

And substituting the following
language in its place:

"The Community Response
Teams shall be assigned and deployed, in number and rank, by the Chief of Police
or his designee, as he or she, in his or her discretion, deems appropriate.
Teams shall, however, consist of at least five officers and one Sergeant. Prior
to making such assignments and deployments, the Chief of Police or his designee
shall consider any input received from Metro Council Members and community leaders
identifying specific problem areas and issues."